This Executive Summary provides a brief overview of the Annual Report of the Cohort 3 TPSID Model Demonstration Projects (Year 3, 2022-2023). Information is provided about the TPSID (Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disability) projects about program characteristics, student characteristics, academics, academic…

The excitement about massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the early 2010s prompted many liberal arts colleges to consider whether technology would or could play a role in their own institutions. No college has the human resources to offer an endless variety of courses and programs, and the smaller the institution, the greater the constraints.…

In recent decades, leadership scholars have bemoaned the lack of true leaders and leadership education at all levels and issued the fabled "cry for leadership." Although institutions of higher learning have been engaged in guiding the leaders of society since their inception, they offered no formalized programs or courses until relatively…

A cooperative demonstration project in correctional education offers vocational training and supportive services in a neighborhood environment for youth offenders confined to the correctional facility in South Portland, Maine. The project provides an all day comprehensive vocational/life skills program in the community to youth offenders prior to…

The paper presents the community-based satellite system as a residential and program model to effect deinstitutionalization of mentally retarded young adults in urban centers worldwide. The system is reported to consist of a large, central educational facility surrounded by a series of small houses and apartment units (satellites). Benefits of…

Presented is the final report of a 3-year (1970-1973) project, funded by Title III, to develop a model instructional and training program with 10 (five each year) 6- to 8-year-old, multiply handicapped, deaf children at the Indiana School for the Deaf. Described are use of a separate building at the school, experimental summer programs 1969-1972…

This guide is one of a series of Education for Parenthood manuals developed by the Salvation Army for use in programs to prepare teenagers for parenthood or for child care careers. This volume describes a course of study for troubled teenage girls in a residential treatment center. The program goal was to help the teenagers learn to deal with…

Describes the development of community-based group homes for adolescents operated by a child care agency in affiliation with hospitals in New York City. (SDH)

The demonstration project report describes a successful adult basic education program in music as a device for expanding the learning potential of the emotionally disturbed and mentally deficient residents of the Woodbury (Iowa) County Home. Background information on the project and a description of its progress, including the need for…

Outlines a group-oriented residential treatment model for emotionally disturbed adolescents, aged 13-18. Key features include use of therapeutic language and value systems, delineation of developmental expectations, formation of a positive peer culture, and emphasis on the group process for both therapy and decision making. (Author/BF)

Changing client needs are reflected in the transition process as a residential institution serving mentally retarded older adults moves from a program designed for active client participation to one providing 24-hour nursing supervision and care. Issues such as certification requirements, physical plant adjustments, and staffing needs are…

The paper describes the residential services provided by Washington County (Vermont) to people with developmental disabilities, especially "professional foster homes" and supervised apartments. The professional foster homes serve 40 clients with severe disabilities who live with families in the community. There are three support staff;…

This report describes an Education for Parenthood demonstration program developed by the Salvation Army for teenagers living at a Salvation Army children's home in Philadelphia. Weekly sessions, held over a 6-month period, emphasized self-esteem, knowledge about children, and career development in the child care field. Firsthand experience in a…

This material describes the philosophical considerations and the component parts of a group home for adolescent girls. The roles of the treating staff, as well as the approaches to treatment, are described. Research findings of a follow-up study of all girls in care from 1959-1969 is briefly outlined. (Author)